Maduro stands accused by U.S. courts of being a leading member of the Cartel of the Suns, an intercontinental cocaine trafficking operation run by high-ranking members of the Venezuelan military and some leading figures of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) that seeks to “flood” the United States with cocaine to harm its people. Minutes before Petro publicly issued his orders to the Colombian Armed Forces, the far-left president shared a video released by the Maduro regime in which Javier José Marcano, who leads both the Venezuelan Presidential Honor Guard and the socialist regime’s Military Counterintelligence Directorate (DGCIM), reaffirmed the military’s “absolute loyalty” to Maduro and rejected the United States’ drug trafficking accusations against the dictator. “Do not be irresponsible by attempting to exploit the Colombian Armed Forces, committed to defending the Constitution and the rule of law, to defend a tyrant accused of drug trafficking and leader of the Cartel of the Suns, for whom the United States is offering a reward of US$50 million,” the statement read.
Author: Christian K. Caruzo, Christian K. Caruzo
Published at: 2025-08-11 20:51:10
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